Project description:T cell infiltration is essential for immune checkpoint inhibitors to be effective in treating solid cancers. Through a bioinformatic pipeline, we identified a target gene SUN1 that might relate to modulating immune cell infiltration and immune response. Thus, we generated one Sun1_knockout CT26 cell line (Sun1_KO) using CRISPR-Cas9. By performing multiome single nuclei sequencing using tumors grown in syngeneic model, we set out to understand how mouse Sun1 can affect the regulatory network in tumor cells in vivo.
Project description:T cell infiltration is essential for immune checkpoint inhibitors to be effective in treating solid cancers. Through a bioinformatic pipeline, we identified a target gene SUN1 that might relate to modulating immune cell infiltration and immune response. Thus, we generated one Sun1_knockout CT26 cell line (Sun1_KO) and two control CT26 cell lines (Sun1_Control) using CRISPR-Cas9. By performing RNA-seq on cultured cells, tumors grown in syngeneic model, and purified tumor cells from tumors grown in syngeneic model, we set out to understand how mouse Sun1 can affect immune-related pathways and immune cell infiltration and anti-PD1 efficacy in BALB/c mice.